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- From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
- Subject: MINI-REVIEW: Pinball Fantasies CD32
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Date: 26 Apr 1994 18:55:48 GMT
- Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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- Keywords: game, pinball, arcade, simulation, CD-ROM, commercial
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- [MODERATOR'S NOTE: This review was updated on Apr 29, 1994.
- Search for the text "[UPDATE:" to find updated information.
- -Dan]
-
- Pinball Fantasies
- Software Company: 21st Century Entertainment
- Address: Westbrook Street Blewbury Oxfordshire,
- OX11 9QB, United Kingdom
- Phone: (0235) 851 852
- Fax: (0235) 851 473
- Modem: (0235) 851 474
- Customer Service: (0235) 851 533
- E-Mail: ?
- List Price: 29.99
-
-
- Review by Jukka O. Kauppinen (Finland) and Alan Buxey (England)
-
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- Jukka
- ----- (rev.2)
-
- Pinball Fantasies is THE pinball game of all time. Is it THE glory of
- 256-colour AGA-graphics with CD sound? Not quite. The graphics look great,
- though their AGA enhancement hasn't been so complete as one could wish.
- Anyway, the fields look very good. The game sounds are the old ones from the
- floppy version: no CD quality here. As far as gameplay and outlook goes,
- the CD32 version is 99% identical to the original.
-
- Compared to original, this AGA version HAS some new features. The
- 32-bit math routines are bit more efficient, and gameplay is remarkably
- faster - so much so that one guy who had previously played it on an A500
- couldn't get practically any points as he was used to the "slowness" of
- A500-version. Cool.
-
- Even with the lack of great new features, this game is cool anyway.
- The CD soundtrack at the beginning is nice, but the great thing is that it's
- all so easy to use now! Throw the disk in, go and play. No disk swapping
- or password completion. Yes - there is no password protection on CD! This
- makes me believe in the CD platform! It's not the world's greatest
- achievement on CD technology, but as a game, it's supercool. This is a must
- to own. Your CD32 without Pinball Fantasies is like an Amiga without a CPU
- or a man without a soul.
-
- This game is so good that you don't even need to like pinball to
- lose your heart for Pinball Fantasies.
-
-
- Alan
- ----(rev. 2)
-
- You like pinball? Good! Well then, you should get a copy of this
- game then - it'll save you a fortune on that addiction of yours! Seriously,
- though its not as good as actually playing fields such as "Indiana Jones"
- and "Dr Who" - not to mention "Twilight Zone" - it gives them a run for
- their money! :) Graphically, this version is the AGA floppy version on a CD.
-
- Loading is extremely quick, and there is no manual protection. The
- music is also better. But for CD, they could have at least added proper
- pinball sounds - AND put the Pinball Dreams fields on the same disc (though
- they had problems due to P.Dreams not being OS friendly). This is still one
- hell of a game to own at any rate. But I wish the flipper controls were on
- the top 2 "action" buttons rather than on the joypad and red button...
-
- [MODERATOR'S NOTE: A reader in the USA, Stephen Wilkinson
- (wilks@lbm.com), reports that his NTSC version of this game
- does use the top two "action" buttons for controlling the
- flippers. - Dan]
-
- Saving: high scores are saved to flash RAM.
-
- RATINGS
- -------
- Jukka Alan
-
- Graphics: **** ****
- Sound: **** ****
- Playability: ***** *****
- Lastability: ***** ****
- Overall: ***** ****
-
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